“A History In Harmony”: SFJAZZ Dialogues w/ Cyrus Chestnut & Terence Blanchard
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Pianist and composer Cyrus Chestnut sits down with SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard. They discuss the timeless nature of Charlie Brown and the brilliance of Vince Guaraldi’s approach to harmony on the piano. You can see Cyrus Chestnut perform music from A Charlie Brown Christmas live at the SFJAZZ Center on December 20 or watch the livestream on Fridays Live (SFJAZZ At Home).
ABOUT CYRUS CHESTNUT
“The best pianist of his generation” (Time Magazine), Cyrus Chestnut has established a career as a peerless soloist and torchbearer of the classic piano trio setting. A standout since his student days at Berklee, Chestnut spent formative years accompanying vocalese legend Jon Hendricks, anchoring the quintessential young lion quintet of Terence Blanchard and Donald Harrison, and touring with Wynton Marsalis. But he credits his early 1990s stint in vocal explorer Betty Carter’s band with radically expanding creative vision, appearing on her landmark 1992 late career Verve release It’s Not About the Melody. Since then, the pianist has racked up dozens of recording credits with jazz’s greatest names and 35 albums as a leader.
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